Jeet Approved ranjeet on 28 Feb 2010 10:24 pm
How Much Do You Know?
As stated earlier this year, I feel this web page is a great place to reveal my latest obsessions. It is now one of those times. The latest focus of my attention is Sporcle, a mostly user-generated database of timed quizzes. The great thing about Sporcle is how easy it is to do one of the quizzes. Just hit the green “Ready? Click To Start” button and start typing. For most of the quizzes, you don’t have to answer the questions in order, just type for answers. That works best for stuff like “Name the 3-Letter Body Parts.” Sometimes, you need to click on the blank that you want to fill, and then type in the correct answer. That works best for things like “Can You Name the Listed Country From Their Name Origin?” They have a large amount of user-generated quizzes, and then every day the Sporcle staff fact-check some of the best and post them as “official” Sporcle tests. All in all, a highly enjoyable distraction.
If I find a quiz I enjoy, I’ll just share it. Today, the quiz is “Can you name the city that each metro/subway system is located in, based on the names of three of its stations?“. For this one, you’ll have to select the blank that you’re trying to answer, since otherwise you could just start spamming famous cities. The reason I found this one interesting is that I got 28/32 correct, even though I had only ridden on 10 of them. You can tell a lot, just based on the names and character set.